The season was on the line as the Freeburg-Waterloo Raging Bulldogs took to the ice Tuesday night.

The Raging Bulldogs battled Granite City in game one of the Mississippi Valley Club Hockey Association Varsity 2A playoffs on Monday night. 

The result was a 5-1 loss in the best-of-three first round series.

With that, Freeburg-Waterloo needed a victory Tuesday at the McKendree Metro Rec Plex in O’Fallon  to extend its season. 

The result of Tuesday’s contest was not known at press time. 

With a win, the Raging Bulldogs would face Granite City in a deciding game three at 8:30 p.m. Thursday at the Granite City Ice Rink.